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Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!

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From:
Brasserie Dieu du Ciel!
 
Quebec, Canada
Style:
American Imperial Stout
ABV:
9.5%
Score:
+1 rating needed
Avg:
4.01 | pDev: 4.74%
Ratings:
9 | reviews: 2
Status:
Inactive
Rated:
Jul 12, 2019
Added:
Mar 25, 2018
Wants:
  1
Gots:
  0
No description / notes.
Recent ratings and reviews.
 
Rated: 4 by Griffith from Connecticut

Jul 12, 2019
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Reviewed by clayrock81 from Florida

3.9/5  rDev -2.7%
look: 4 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured a black body with khaki head and left a lace sheath down the glass. The aroma balances earthy hops and roasted coffee notes. Smooth, creamy, mixes a dry and roasted coffee presence with some mild bitter/citric hops that are noticeable in the finish. Touch of sweetness in there as well and overall the beer is a little off to me but mostly balanced and pleasant.
Apr 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.3 by AirBob from Massachusetts

Apr 20, 2018
 
Rated: 3.67 by vfgccp from New York

Apr 10, 2018
 
Rated: 4.15 by Nunya from Ohio

Apr 01, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Howlader from Canada (AB)

Mar 30, 2018
 
Rated: 4 by Whatup14 from Canada (QC)

Mar 26, 2018
 
Rated: 4.25 by YvesB from Belgium

Mar 26, 2018
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Reviewed by biboergosum from Canada (AB)

3.86/5  rDev -3.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
8oz glass at Beer Revolution YEG Oliver Square, the day after the big shindig. Dry-hopped with the Denali and El Dorado varietals.

This beer appears a pretty solid black, with the usual amber basal edges, and one chubby finger of puffy, finely foamy, and fairly creamy tan head, which leaves a few swaths of thick, ropy lace around the glass as it rather slowly sinks away.

It smells of lightly roasted, bready and doughy caramel malt, some muddled dark orchard fruitiness, subtle cafe-au-lait, bittersweet cocoa powder, and some leafy, weedy, and perfumed floral green hops. The taste is gritty and grainy caramel malt, a lesser biscuity toffee sweetness, still hard to differentiate fruity hop esters, fading day-old coffee notes, and more earthy, musty, and floral hoppiness.

The carbonation is adequate in its structurally supportive frothiness, the body a solid middleweight, and generally smooth, with the hops not causing any sort of trouble at this particular juncture. It finishes off-dry, the caramel, cocoa, and frooty hops working it well into extra time.

Overall - it's clear that the hop additions here are judicious, as they do not overpower the base brew. The fruitiness adds to the caramel and chocolate essences to make for a pleasant quaff, if not exactly a 'mix of IPA and coffee stout', per se.
Mar 25, 2018